Originally Posted by
godeacs
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??? Sorry, don't buy that at all. Would love to know what he based that on.....think about it, how many people now live to be 100?.....no where near 50%. Unless there is a cure for cancer, heart disease and people become less accident-prone in the very near future, it's not even in the realm of possibility. Wonder what else you doc is telling you....<G>
I suppose the folks who study such things are looking at life expectancy today. Then looking at the rate of medical advancements. Then looking at the fact that a 10 year old today will have 90 more years of medical advancements before he would reach the age of 100 (think about the medical advancements in the last 90 years). Also, I think kids today are living healthier lives from the get go than folks our age did. Example: less smoking, less asbestos, less lead paint, more health protection in the work place, etc.
Of course, that said, this is assuming that mankind doesn't do something major to screw the whole thing up,
which is a whole 'nother' discussion for a different time and place than this forum.
Jim